BrokenBeaker
junior member
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2021
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- 25
- Age
- 45
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Male
I had Righty replaced in mid-October. In my opinion it was very successful. I did a few weeks of outpatient physical therapy which was massively helpful. There is no way I would have progressed as far as I did if it were not for PT.
On December 9th, I had Lefty replaced.
There was more malformation with the femoral head area so apparently required a bit more work. I slept through it. But the surgery was longer, and I assume a bit more blood loss and muscle/tendon stretching so this hip is very sore. It feels like it is all muscle, which is probably a good thing, and I have almost no strength at all in moving it. In fact I'm almost dragging it around a bit as it is too weak to properly lift.
I'm not even one day out, so hopefully things will improve. The surgeon said it all should work out well but may need to be patient with my recovery and exercises.
On December 9th, I had Lefty replaced.
There was more malformation with the femoral head area so apparently required a bit more work. I slept through it. But the surgery was longer, and I assume a bit more blood loss and muscle/tendon stretching so this hip is very sore. It feels like it is all muscle, which is probably a good thing, and I have almost no strength at all in moving it. In fact I'm almost dragging it around a bit as it is too weak to properly lift.
I'm not even one day out, so hopefully things will improve. The surgeon said it all should work out well but may need to be patient with my recovery and exercises.